My hat's off to T.D. Bank, Don Drummond, and Gillian Manning!
The report in today's Toronto Star by Thomas Walken on the T.D. Banks new report, written by Drummond and Manning(the former is the bank's chief economist), is a clear warning to the "haves" in our country.
Now, even a bank slams workfare
TD report pokes holes in welfare and EI policies, offers new blueprint for safety net
THOMAS WALKOM
NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER
The worm turns. Old ideas gain currency again. Now, even hard-headed business people are beginning to realize that taking a sledgehammer to the welfare state was a bad, bad idea.
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The "haves" in Canada have spent almost 2 decades raping and pillaging Canada and it's poor.
We have allowed utilies to increase HUNDREDS of %, but have raised minimum wages, wealfare, and other fixed incomes only a double digit% in the same time.
If the "peon sector" continues to grow, and the resources shrink, the "haves" will have less, because eventually the largest part of our population won't have any money to spend!
Welfare cuts and reforms brought in by former premier Mike Harris, above, have been little changed by Premier Dalton McGuinty.